A NATURE-friendly gift from a local housebuilder was on the cards for youngsters from a Worcester primary school.
Redrow Midlands donated hedgehog homes to six schools across the division, including Honeywell Primary School, which has been placed in the school’s grounds to provide a safe haven for creatures to rest, hibernate or raise their young.
Redrow’s biodiversity strategy seeks to put the natural environment at the heart of its developments and the lives of the people who reside there. This includes ideas such such as creating hedgehog highways in developments across the country.
Andrew Morley, headteacher at Honeywell Primary School, said: “We were delighted to receive the hedgehog home from Redrow Midlands. We spend a lot of time educating the children about the sustainability, the environment, the relationship between humans and nature and how we should be respectful – it is one of our core values.
“It’s wonderful to be able to put this learning into practice with showing the pupils some of the methods we can use to protect certain species. The children really enjoyed choosing a place in the meadow near our beehive to place the hedgehog home and have been anticipating the arrival of a spiky animal who is ready to hibernate.”
Elaine Cartwright, sales director for Redrow Midlands, said: “The hedgehog is one of Britain’s best-loved animals and there are sadly said to be fewer than one million left in the UK.
“I am really pleased we were able to donate six homes to schools across the region – all of which will now benefit from learning more about the nature in our gardens.”
